Olave Mandara

Olave Mandara

Film poster
Directed by Jayatheertha
Produced by B. Govinda Raju
Screenplay by Jayatheertha
Story by Jayatheertha
Starring Srikanth
Aakanksha Mansukhani
Sharan
Rangayana Raghu
Veena Sundar
Music by Deva
Cinematography Ravikumar Sana
Edited by K. M. Prakash
Production
company
Alliance Pictures
Release dates
  • 21 January 2011 (2011-01-21)
Running time
147 minutes
Country India
Language Kannada

Olave Mandara (Kannada: ಒಲವೇ ಮಂದಾರ) is a 2011 Indian Kannada road movie written and directed by Jayatheertha, and starring debutantes Srikanth and Aakanksha Mansukhani in the lead roles. The supporting cast features Rangayana Raghu, Veena Sundar, Nassar and Sadhu Kokila.

The sub-plot of the film featuring Rangayana Raghu and Veena Sundar is inspired by real-life events of Dashrath Manjhi, who cut a rocky hill for 22 years to build a road in memory of his wife.[1]

Srikant was adjudged as the 'Promising Newcomer (Male)' for his performance in the film, based on an online poll conducted by The Times of India.[2]

Plot

Srikanth (Srikanth), a son of a rich industrialist (Nassar), meets Preeti (Aakanksha Mansukhani), an Assamese girl, in a dance competition in Coimbatore, and falls in love with her. His initial intentions were to only steal a few kisses from her. Bound by guilt, he sets off on foot to Assam to meet her as promised. On his journey, he faces the realities of life as he meets various characters and witnessing incidents such as a farmer couple sharing their lunch with a 'kind' thief (Sadhu Kokila), and a cobbler (Rangayana Raghu), taking his disabled wife (Veena Sundar) on a pilgrimage to Kashi on a bullock-cart. Srikanth is moved on witnessing these.

As he reaches Ranigaon, Preeti's residing village in Assam, he finds her married to another man.

Cast

  • Srikanth as Srikanth
  • Aakanksha Mansukhani as Preeti
  • Sharan
  • Rangayana Raghu as Ratna
  • Veena Sundar as Nanji
  • Sadhu Kokila
  • Nassar
  • Surya
  • Sanketh Kashi
  • Dharmavaram Subramanya
  • Honnavalli Krishna
  • Ashok Jambe
  • Ramachandra Prathihari
  • Pranayamurthy
  • Pradeep Varma
  • Shailaja
  • Prof. Ramdas
  • Amrutha Gowda
  • Archana
  • Dr. Chikkahejjaji Mahadev
  • Jayalakshmi

Soundtrack

Olave Mandara
Soundtrack album by Deva
Released December 2010
Recorded 2010
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Lahari Music

Deva scored the film's background music and composed for its soundtrack, with its lyrics written by Kaviraj, K. Kalyan, K. V. Raju, Hamsalekha and Jayatheertha. The lyrics of the track "Onde Kerili" was taken from a poem of G. P. Rajarathnam. The soundtrack album consists of nine tracks. It was released in December 2010.[3]

Tracklist
No. TitleLyricsSinger(s) Length
1. "Shreaky Shreaky"  KavirajKarthik  
2. "Janapada Kanmare"  K. V. RajuShankar Mahadevan  
3. "Yaaritta Preethiyo"  K. KalyanHarsha  
4. "Olave Olave Mannisu"  K. KalyanHarsha  
5. "Nadi Nadi Raaja"  HamsalekhaHemanth Kumar  
6. "Onde Kerili"  G. P. RajarathnamHarsha  
7. "Olave Mandaaravaythu"  K. KalyanRajesh Krishnan, Nanditha  
8. "Kaaya Vacha Manasa"  JayatheerthaL. N. Shastry, Shreya Ghoshal  
9. "Chinna Ninna Bali Seralu"  K. Kalyan, JayatheerthaRajesh Krishnan, Shreya Ghoshal  

Awards and nominations

59th Filmfare Awards South
2011 Bangalore Times Film Awards
1st SIIMA Awards

References

  1. "Olave Mandara: A fairytale on the road". Bangalore Mirror. 20 January 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  2. "The Bangalore Times Film Awards 2011". The Times of India. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  3. "Olave Mandara Audio Release". supergoodmovies.com. 21 December 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
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